Take a STAND

Your one-stop-shop for taking a stand against attacks on workers

This page is regularly updated. Planning or attending an action you don’t see listed? Send it to The STAND’s Editor at stucker@wslc.org

ACTIONS

► NEW: Rally for Sister Lewelyn Dixon (Auntie Lynn) at the NW Detention Center. Thursday, May 29 from 1pm to 3:3o pm (1623 East J St., Tacoma, WA).

► NEW: ‘No cuts to VA services’ Tuesday rallies. Every Tuesday from 3pm to 6pm at the Seattle VA Medical Center (1660 S Columbian Way). 

► Join locked out Teamsters on the Mauser/ICS picket line Monday through Friday at the ICS facility in South Seattle (7152 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108). Learn more about the lockout and sign the petition linked below. 

► AFL-CIO action targeting Congress — CALL: No Cuts to Medicaid

► AFL-CIO action targeting Congress — CALL: Restore Federal Bargaining Rights Now

► AFL-CIO action targeting Congress — CALL: Reverse Gutting of Core Worker Safety Agency, NIOSH

LEARN

► NEW:  APALA Seattle Phillipines Delegation Reportback | May 31, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. | WSLC Seattle (321 16th Ave S., 98144) Register here.

PETITIONS

► SEIU 775 petition to Congress: Act Now, No Cuts to Apple Health & Medicaid

► UFCW 367 petition in support of grocery workers’ contract negotiations: 2025 Grocery Community Support Letter

► Teamsters Local 117 petition in support of locked out workers: End the Mauser Lockout

► SEIU Healthcare 1199NW petition in support of PeaceHealth St. Joseph healthcare workers: PeaceHealth: Treat your healthcare workers like family

► SMART petition in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia: Bring Our Local 100 Brother Home and Give Him Due Process

► SEIU 925 petition in support of Lewelyn Dixon and all immigrant workers at UW: UW, protect immigrant employees!

► Starbucks Workers United ‘No Contract, No Coffee’ pledge: Take Action – Starbucks Workers United

DONATE

► Hardship fund for locked-out Teamsters at Mauser: Support workers locked out by Mauser Packaging Solutions

► Legal defense fund for FUJ organizer Alfredo ‘Lelo’ Juarez Zeferino: Donations can be made online, or checks can be mailed to: Community to Community Development PO Box 1646 Bellingham, WA 98227.

► AFL-CIO Legal Defense Fund for federal workers, ‘Rise Up’: Donate to Support Federal Employees

► WSLC fund for union members in need: Foundation for Working Families

TELL YOUR STORY

► AFL-CIO Department of People Who Work for a Living story project: Share Your Story

JOIN

► Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance: Become a member & join a chapter today!

► Labor Council for Latin American Advancement: Join & Donate

► Coalition of Black Trade Unionists: Join Us

► Pride at Work: Membership Form